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Wayne Fella Morrison's death in custody came after 'litany of serious failings', inquest finds

The South Australian Deputy Coroner finds there were a "litany of serious failings and shortcomings" in how a first-time Aboriginal inmate was managed in the state's highest security prison and in police cells, where conditions were "barbaric and inhumane".

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Autopsy Shines Light on Death of Child Taken by Arizona's Child Welfare Agency

He was hospitalized multiple times for diabetes while in state custody.

Reason

‘Facebook rapist’ escapes from prison and on run after staging his own death

Thabo Bester, who targeted his victims by finding them on Facebook, was found "dead" last May after a burned body was left in his cell - but he was later spotted in shops and restaurants in an upmarket part of Cape Town

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Police Found a Blunt in Their Car. So They Seized Their Kids.

"Then my baby started crying so I reached for my son, and as I'm reaching, a man held me and told me, 'Don't touch him. He's getting taken away from you,'" said the children's mother.

Reason

Arizona mother put on child abuse registry for using medical marijuana finally wins three-year court battle

‘She’s been terrorized by this agency for four years. It was a constant threat,’ lawyer says

The Independent UK

In One Arizona County, Child Protective Services Will Eventually Investigate Two-Thirds of Black Children

A staggeringly high number of families are subject to child abuse and neglect investigations in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Reason

Prison officer, who was victim of assault, slams Department for Correctional Services at Port Augusta

A woman who worked at the Port Augusta Prison before she was assaulted by a former colleague speaks out, slamming the Department for Correctional Services for their part in her experience.

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Black families face child welfare probes

One in three Black children in Maricopa County, Ariz., faced a child welfare investigation over a five-year period

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Killer of S.African anti-apartheid hero Hani stabbed in jail: prison

Johannesburg (AFP) - The killer of South African anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani has been stabbed in jail, days after the country's top court ordered him to be released on parole, the prison services said Tuesday.

AFP

Yatala prisoners protest move to higher security division by sparking blaze in cell

Two Adelaide prisoners who started a fire in their cell because they were unhappy about being moved to a higher security division, may have tampered with a power point to spark the blaze, the Department of Corrections says.

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Court Upholds Removal of Child From Parents, Related to Child's Transgender Identity

The facts are complicated, and involve a good deal more than just disagreement as to gender identity; but it seems to me like an important controversy.

Reason

Mom Who Let Her 7-Year-Old Play at the Park Will Not Be Added to Arizona's Unfit Parent Registry

A Tucson mother who briefly left two kids alone while she ran an errand won a temporary reprieve in court.

Reason

A Mom Let Her 7-Year-Old Play in the Park. Arizona Arrested Her and Banned Her From Working With Kids.

Sarra's name was added to the government's official list of unfit caretakers after she briefly ran an errand without her kids in tow.

Reason

Three Bengaluru Urban DCs arrested in the last decade

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Appellate Court Reverses Child Custody Decision That Was "Based on [a] Decade-Old Sexual Assault Allegation"

The appellate court also rejected the trial court's reliance on the 8-year-old child's "unsubstantiated" allegations of abuse.

The Hindu

Rain damage: CM directs officials to submit report in 3 days

He holds video conference with DCs, panchayat CEOs to assess the situation

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